YEAR EVENTS 1946 - The Company was Incorporated at Mumbai. The Company Manufacture electric motors, transformers, etc. 1957 - 28 Pref. shares and 657 No. of Equity shares issued during 1951-55. In 1957-58, 4,143 Right Equity shares issued in the prop. 4:3. 1960 - Pref. shares converted into Equity. 2,351 shares issued as rights at par and 7,649 shares offered to the public. 1961 - 10,000 right equity shares issued at par in prop. 1:2. 1964 - In November, 30,000 right equity shares offered at par in prop. 1:1. In April 1965, 30,000 pref. shares offered to the public. 1973 - 20,000 Bonus equity shares issued in the proportion 1:3. 1976 - 26,666 Bonus equity shares issued in prop. 1:3. 1978 - Collaboration agreements were entered into with Siemens A.G. of West Germany for the manufacture of special types of motors and with Transformation Union A.G. of West Germany for the manufacture of special types of transformers. 1980 - 34,623 No. of Equity shares issued (prem. Rs 12.50 per share) on conversion of bonds during Sept./Oct. in prop. 3 equity: 1 bond. 1982 - The Company issued non-convertible debentures for Rs 150 lakhs as Rights to the equity shareholders. The redemption of these debentures, was extended. As per the terms of the extension, 31,710 debentures held by the financial institutions were redeemed on 30th April, 1991. - The Company had the liberty to buy back the debentures at par (plus accrued interest) from the debenture holders after a period of 1 year from the date of extension. Upto 31st March, 1993, 1,365 debentures were bought back by the Company. 1984 - A technical collaboration agreement was entered into with Ferranti plc of England for the manufacture of advanced types of tap changers. - The Company secured the approval of the Government of India for collaboration with Schindeler of Switzerland for the manufacture of lifts and for the acquisition by this collaborators a 10% share in the equity capital of the Company. 1987 - The production and sales declined mainly due to a strike at the Company's units at Thane and Mumbai from 12th December, to 11th September, 1988. The strike had since been resolved and normal production and sales commenced from the middle of November 1988. 1988 - The First lifts with Schindler design was installed. 1990 - The technical collaboration agreement with Siemens A.G. of Germany was renewed for the manufacture of power transformers. - The Company issued 14% non-convertible debentures for Rs 250 lakhs to financial institutions on private placement basis. These debentures are redeemable with 5% premium in three annual instalments of Rs 35 per debenture on 6.11.1996, 6.11.1997 and 6.11.1998, the installment on 6.11.1997 being inclusive of the premium of Rs 5. 1991 - The Company had received the All India Best Productivity Performance Award for the year 1990-91 in the category of Heavy Engineering including Power Distribution and Transmission Equipment Industry and Machine Tools Industry. - A technical Collaboration Agreement was entered into with Siemens Engineering and Manufacturing Co. of India Pvt. Ltd., for the Manufacture of motors and transformers. 1992 - The Sales and profitability of the motor division were adversely affected due to stagnant demand for the products. - 141,289 bonus equity shares issued in prop. 1:1 in January 1993. 1995 - The company had once again won the award for the best stall at ELECRAMA 96, an exhibition organised at Mumbai by the Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufacturers Association during January, 1996. - 282,578 No. of equity shares, allotted as fully paid bonus shares in the ratio of 1:1. 1996 - The Company has once again won the award for the best stall at ELECRAMA 96, an exhibition organised at Mumbai by the Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufacturers Association during January. - The Company has a collaboration with Invention AG of Switzerland for lifts. 1997 - The Company produces a modern and wide range of lifts and operates from more than twenty cities nationwide. - Due to adverse economic conditions and poor industrial investment, finalisation of project tenders continues to be deferred, affecting receipt of orders and execution. - The first DC drive was commissioned and is undergoing rigorous field trials. - The Company has a collaboration with Inventio AG of Switzerland for lifts. - Schindler had entered into a technical tie-up with Bharat Bijlee 10 years ago for manufacture of lifts. 1998 - Due to delays in plans far Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution in government as well as private sector, the demand for transformers has gone down resulting in very competitive market conditions. - Mr. N. Balakrishnan has been appointed a Director in the casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Keshav V Natoo. 1999 - ISO 9001 recertification was obtained during the year. - The 1,50,000 14% Non Convertible Secured Debentures (I Series) of Rs.100 each have been fully redeemed. The last installment of Rs. 40.74 lakhs has been paid on 30th April, 1998, - The 2,50,000 14% Non Convertible Secured Debentures (III Series) of Rs. 100 each have also been fully redeemed. The last installment of Rs. 87.50 lakhs has been paid on 6th November, 1998. - The three year term Wage & Productivity settlement was signed with the Union in September, 1998. 2005 -Company has splits its Face value of Shares from Rs 100 to Rs 10 2008 -Bharat Bijlee Ltd has informed that the equity shares of the Company have been delisted from The Delhi Stock Exchange Association Ltd (DSE) w.e.f. March 31, 2008. 2010 -Bharat Bijlee participated in ELECRAMA 2010 with a 294 square meter exhibition stall that stood out for its dramatic color and shape. -Bharat Bijlee showcased its Drives and Automation products and system-building capabilities at Automation 2010 - Asia's premier exhibition for automation technologies. 2011 -Bharat Bijlee - Making its presence felt at International Exhibitions. -Bharat Bijlee was at Africa's largest and most comprehensive energy show Power and Electricity World Africa 2011. -Bharat Bijlee's new state-of-the-art transformer plant inaugurated. 2012 -Bharat Bijlee participated in the International Elevator & Escalator Expo 2012 held in Mumbai. -Bharat Bijlee has taken another giant leap towards market leadership in Motors. On 29th May 2012. -Bharat Bijlee's new plant for the assembly and testing of AC Drives at Airoli was inaugurated by Mr.Thomas Brinkmann (CEO of KEB) and Mr. Nakul Mehta (Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Bharat Bijlee) on 28 August, 2012. 2013 -Bharat Bijlees new Drives service center was inaugurated. 2014 -Company has appointed Mr. Prakash V as the Chairman of the company. 2015 -Bharat Bijlee successfully completed the Short Circuit Testing of 160 MVA 220 KV class transformer at first attempt at CPRI Bangalore. 2016 -Bharat Bijlee launches AC Variable Frequency BBVERT BL51 drive. -Bharat Bijlee Wins Central Power Research Institute's `Valued Customer Award'. -Bharat Bijlee's SynchroVERT IE4 Motor bags CII's Most Innovative Energy Saving Product award. 2017 -Launch of Drives & Automation app. 2018 -Our IE5 Class motor wins CII's `Most Innovative Energy Saving Product' award for the year 2018. -Launch of Velocity, newsletter for Industrial Systems. 2021 -We introduce new energy-saving Servo solution with SCL technology for Plastic Injection Moulding Machines (IMM).. 2022 -Bharat Bijlee win `Champions of Quality' award from Bureau of Indian Standards. -Bharat Bijlee win `New Product Development' award at Milacron's 20th Strategic Partners Meet. 2024 -The Company has splits its face value from Rs. 10/- to Rs. 5/-.